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One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads. [Written also anoura.]

A salt of cyanuric acid.

Capable of cultivation. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Cultivation. [Obs.] Warner.

Cultivation. [Obs.] Spenser.

An order of wingless hexapod insects which have setiform caudal appendages, either bent beneath the body to form a spring, or projecting as bristles. It comprises the Cinura, or bristletails, and the Collembola, or springtails. Called also Thysanoura. See Lepisma, and Podura.

One of the Thysanura. Also used adjectively.

See Anura.

The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia.

The common jay of the United States (Cyanocitta, or Cyanura, cristata). The predominant color is bright blue.

The peepul tree; esp., the very ancient tree standing at Anurajahpoora in Ceylon, grown from a slip of the tree under which Gautama is said to have received the heavenly light and so to have become Buddha. The sacred bo tree of the Buddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost…

An insect of the genera Lepisma, Campodea, etc., belonging to the Thysanura.

The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.

The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

bstance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.

Any one of several species of humming birds of the genus Steganura, having two of the tail feathers very long and racket- shaped.

parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.

Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura.

Of or pertaining to the Thysanura.